Committee Members

The role of the Committee is defined in the Genetics Society Constitution. Each Committee member is a representative of a major field of genetics.

Genetics Society committee members 2022

Anne Ferguson-Smith

President

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith (2024)

Honorary Secretary

Professor Ian Henderson (2026)

T: @hendersi

Honorary Treasurer

Dr Alexander Lorenz (2025)

T: @LorenzLab

Policy Officer

Professor Alison Woollard (2026)

T: @@alisonwoollard
Jonathan Pettit

Officer for Public Engagement in Genetics

Professor Jonathan Pettitt (2025)

T: @genotripe
Professor Stefan Hoppler

Scientific Meetings Secretary

Professor Stefan Hoppler (2024)

Partnership and Membership Officer

Professor Jason Wolf (2026)

T: @deltazbar

Website Editor

Dr Natalia Bulgakova (2025)

T: @bulgakova_lab

Magazine Editor

Dr Güneş Taylor (2026)

T: @GunesTaylor

Shadow Postgraduate Student Representative

Postgraduate Student Representative

Ms Anita Hashmi (2023)

Heredity Editor-in-chief

Professor Sara Goodacre (2025)

T: @goodacresara

Applied and Quantitative Genetics

Dr Lindsey Compton (2023)

T: @LindseyLCompton

Applied and Quantitative Genetics

Dr Laura Dixon (2025)

T: @Dixon_LE
Professor Ros John

Cell and Developmental Genetics

Professor Ros John (2024)

T: @preg_lab
Dr Marcus Guest

Corporate Genetics and Biotechnology

Dr Marcus Guest (2024)

Evolutionary, Ecological and Population Genetics

Dr Maxim Kapralov (2024)

Evolutionary, Ecological and Population Genetics

Dr Ed Hollox (2026)

T: @edhollox

Gene Structure, Function and Regulation

Dr Cristina Tufarelli (2025)

T: @ctufarel
Dr Michelle Holland

Gene Structure, Function and Regulation

Dr Michelle Holland (2023)

Dr Colin Semple

Genomics

Dr Colin Semple (2024)

Related Links

Photograph of pelicans

Committee Vacancies

View upcoming committee vacancies